diff --git a/python3.spec b/python3.spec
index 919535966b9e9d7ee63c6d78718f3e2ef74875b5..d46ef345070af8fb91c65b6a38bf9c448afd9dda 100644
--- a/python3.spec
+++ b/python3.spec
@@ -21,8 +21,13 @@ License: Python-2.0
 %global LDVERSION_optimized %{branchversion}
 %global LDVERSION_debug     %{branchversion}d
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%global SOABI_optimized cpython-%{pyshortver}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}
+%global SOABI_debug     cpython-%{pyshortver}d-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}
+%else
 %global SOABI_optimized cpython-%{pyshortver}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}
 %global SOABI_debug     cpython-%{pyshortver}d-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}
+%endif
 
 # See  http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147/
 %global bytecode_suffixes .cpython-%{pyshortver}*.pyc
@@ -663,8 +668,13 @@ export BEP_GTDLIST="$BEP_GTDLIST_TMP"
 %attr(0755,root,root) %dir %{_prefix}/lib/python%{branchversion}/site-packages
 %attr(0755,root,root) %dir %{_prefix}/lib/python%{branchversion}/site-packages/__pycache__/
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%dir %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}/
+%{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}/Makefile
+%else
 %dir %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}/
 %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}/Makefile
+%endif
 %dir %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/
 %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/%{_pyconfig_h}
 
@@ -677,8 +687,13 @@ export BEP_GTDLIST="$BEP_GTDLIST_TMP"
 %files devel
 %{_bindir}/2to3
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}/*
+%exclude %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}/Makefile
+%else
 %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}/*
 %exclude %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_optimized}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}/Makefile
+%endif
 %exclude %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/%{_pyconfig_h}
 %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/*.h
 %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_optimized}/internal/
@@ -819,7 +834,11 @@ export BEP_GTDLIST="$BEP_GTDLIST_TMP"
 
 %{_libdir}/%{py_INSTSONAME_debug}
 
+%ifarch ppc64le
+%{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_debug}-powerpc64le-linux%{_gnu}
+%else
 %{pylibdir}/config-%{LDVERSION_debug}-%{_arch}-linux%{_gnu}
+%endif
 %{_includedir}/python%{LDVERSION_debug}
 %{_bindir}/python%{LDVERSION_debug}-config
 %{_bindir}/python%{LDVERSION_debug}-*-config